Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce vs WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments
Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.
Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce is the safest pick: health A · 87 against 82 for WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments, led by stronger rating quality.
Active-install trajectory
Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce moved down one install band, 8K+ to 7K+; WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments moved down one install band, 900K+ to 800K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.
| Metric | Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce | WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. | 7K–8K | 800K–900K ✓ |
| Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. | -13% | 900K+ → 800K+ ✓ |
| Overall health | A · 87 ✓ | B · 82 |
| Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. | 100/100 | 100/100 |
| Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. | 84/100 ✓ | 61/100 |
| Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. | 70/100 | 84/100 ✓ |
| Rating (weighted for review count) | 4.3★ ✓ | 3.5★ |
| Reviews | 66 | 178 ✓ |
| Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. | 96/100 ✓ | 91/100 |
| Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. | Low | Low |
| Last updated | 28d ago | 3d ago ✓ |
| Downloads, last 30d | 5.2K | 537K ✓ |
| Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower. | +30% | +27% |
| Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. | 1.2% | 1.7% ✓ |
| Category | Payments | Payments |
✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.
Release activity
7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.